Year 5EG: Blog items
Date: 14th May 2020 @ 7:47am
Good morning Year 5!
Well, the Hodges house have been awake for a VERY long time, because we have a very excited 8 year old...it's Livvi's birthday today! She's had a lovely morning of opening some presents, and we're about to watch a surprise video of lots of her friends wishing her a 'Happy Birthday', since she can't see them in person! I managed to get the cake finished - the buttercream colour was darker than I was hoping for, but Livvi loves it and I'm reminding myself that that's what matters! I've attached a photo for you to see!
Let us know what you get up to today, and remember to email us your learning!
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Learning from Mrs Hodges today!
Just a Sentence of the Day from me today - click the link below!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=RE9RmMq
Good afternoon everyone!
Bit of a later update from me today as we've just got back from a doorstep cake delivery bike ride - it was so lovely to see lots of Livvi's friends! (at a safe distance of course!)
Anyway, click the link below to see my purple pen corrections!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=NlvsnZ2
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Hello from Miss Wendt!
I think the first thing to say today is Happy Birthday Livvi! I can imagine the excitement in the Hodges household this morning, especially looking at that wonderful cake!
Here are today's fluent in five questions:-
Como esta el clima?
As promised, today we are going to learn some new Spanish vocabulary - all about the weather!
What do you think the question above means?
Here is a short video which will introduce the vocabulary words and phrases. I will be back later with an activity for you to complete!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6U8NgZXztc
Here are the fluent in five answers!
I've also added a document for you to download at home. It's a chatterbox (sometimes called a fortune teller!) to help you remember the different ways we can talk about the weather in Spanish!
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Good Morning Year 5 from Miss Brookes!
Happy Birthday Livvi! I hope you have the fabulous day that you deserve 
That cake looks amazing - you should be very proud of yourself Mrs Hodges (and Mr Hodges for the baking part!)
This weekend we're going to have a 'family bake off.' My Dad is going to choose a picture of a cake from the internet, and then - with no recipe - my mum and I, and my sister and her step-daughter, are going to compete to see who can make the best version of that cake! I will make sure to send pictures on Monday so you can help judge the winner.
Yesterday's GVP work was amazing - I received some fantastic emails, so I've attached some to the blog post. They show some brilliant phrases for cohesion. Well done Akin, Auryn and Jennifer!
Now, onto today's learning.
Today's GVP is focused on punctuation, and more importantly, apostrophes. This is something a lot of us use incorrectly at times, which is why we're looking at it today.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=jRLoHTM
Check back later, as I am going to attach the answers to today's blog post.
So far in these past three weeks, we have looked at all of our year 5 objectives and recapped some of our year 4 objectives. Please email me and let me know which objectives you found the most challenging, or want to practice more, and then I can include them in next weeks videos.
y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Here are the answers:
Miss Brookes
Date: 13th May 2020 @ 10:39am
Good morning everyone,
I'm sorry I didn't post a wellbeing challenge yesterday but I was in school! I meant to do it the night before but then forgot and had an early night ready for school yesterday, oops! Sorry about that but I'm back today and have a choice of 2 for you to do to make up for it.
You've been very creative lately (please see the past challenges below!) so I'm giving you something a bit different today. One is i you would like to relax and one is if you would like to have a bit of fun.
The first challenge is to do Jason Manford's comedy kids quiz at 1.30pm today, available from the following YouTube link. If you can't do it at 1.30 then it will be up for a few days after. and if you want more then have a look on his YouTube channel for past quizzes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhVLZjO7Tms
The second challenge is also at 1.30pm although I think you can watch it later if you're not free then! The National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth are doing Turtle Time! A live video of their Green Sea Turtle who is called Friday. I always find watching sea animals very relaxing so you could watch it, learn some facts about turtles and then have a go at drawing the turtle. Ths live video will be on facebook so you'll have to ask an adult to log in to their account if they have one. https://www.facebook.com/NationalMarineAquarium/live/
Please e-mail me to let me know how you did in the quiz or any facts or pictures you have of the turtle! EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Mrs Glover
Past Challenges
I've been blown away by the effort you've gone to with these challenges (people have even dressed up!) and every time I get emails with pictures of your challenges it really cheers me up so thank you! Here are some pictures I've received over the last couple of days, thanks to everyone who's sent me one!
Date: 13th May 2020 @ 8:58am
Hello Year 5!
Did you check out the YouTube link I posted yesterday about the "Space Talk" with Tim Peake? If you've learnt anything new, remember to email and tell us about it!
I'm busy getting ready for Livvi's birthday tomorrow, and began making her cake last night - I've made fondant shaped horses so far (and Jon's made the chocolate cakes!), but I've looked at them this morning and I'm hoping they don't crack as I put them on the cake this evening. I'll show you the end result tomorrow!
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Good morning from Mrs Hodges!
Two activities from me today. Firstly, our Sentence of the Day:
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=j0V1RQW
Then I'd like you to have a look at the attached Writing activity. Using the picture, have a look at the "Question Time" section to get you exploring what you can see more. Then I'd like you to do the "Sentence Challenge", where you need to add adverbs to the sentences to show how the verbs are done in each sentence. One has been given to you already as an example. If you want an extra challenge, can you add an -ed, -ly or -ing opener to each sentence too?
Good afternoon!
How did you get on with today's sentence? Click the link below to see my purple pen corrections!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=YdqKUU4
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Hello for MIss Wendt!
Good morning everyone! Before our fluent in five questions, I want to share some excellent links for you to get help with fractions. I had a lovely email yesterday from Maddison who is working very hard on her home learning. She wanted a reminder of the different ways we use fractions.
Here are some really good tutorials. There are many to look at, so please don't watch them all at once! But they are very helpful and give a step-by-step guide to a range of ways to calculate fractions. I have also included the Y3/4 links as you might want a reminder of past skills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYtMn2KzMTw&list=PLQqF8sn28L9wBDTntZEccZohH-JPun2eU This is the Y3/4 link - have a look at this one first for a refresher
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQqF8sn28L9xBmQclRrb8YjcM-pzxHjfk And this is the Y5/6 link.
Definitely worth looking at Y5 - you can select the area of fractions learning you are unsure about (adding fractions, equivalent fractions, ordering fractions) and work through the tutorial.
Here is today's fluent in five. I'll be back later with the answers!
And here are the answers! Did anyone have a look at the fractions links today?
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Good Morning Year 5 from Miss Brookes!
The work that I have seen from all your emails this week so far, is amazing! Well done everyone.
Today's GVP is all about phrases for cohesion. See if you can work out what 'cohesion' means before you look at the video.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=6CLSMsa
Enjoy!
Date: 12th May 2020 @ 8:48am
Good morning Year 5!
How are you all today? We're ready for PE with Joe here, and then I think will be doing some Maths and Writing today.
I came across this yesterday in my Twitter feed - "Tim Talks Space" - which are half hour videos of Tim Peake (the British astronaut who lived on the International Space Station) responding to questions all about life in space. I think it will be fascinating to listen to, and what a wonderful opportunity to discover more about space and the ISS by hearing the experiences of someone who has been! Here is the link, there's two episodes on there currently, with more to come!
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6o-4pb33kyVPL6spvhux_gTOB0YXwGqi
Have a lovely day and remember to email us your learning!
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Mrs Hodges here!
Before we get onto today's sentence, I'd like you to have a watch of a new video clip, where the astronaut Chris Hadfield shows us how they brush their teeth in space:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bCoGC532p8
Then click below for the Sentence of the Day!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=H3QuViS
Good afternoon!
How did you get on with today's sentence? Click the link below to check yours against my purple pen!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=SEexHea
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Hello from Miss Wendt!
Good morning everyone! I must admit when I woke up and saw the rain this morning, my first thought was 'oh, Miss Brookes will be pleased'!
Thanks again to everyone who has sent in home learning - it really is one of my favourite times of the day getting to hear from you all.
Here are the fluent in five questions for today.
I'll be back later with the answers! Have a good day everyone!
Good Afternoon everyone!
Here are the fluent in five answers - how did you do?
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Good Morning from Miss Brookes!
Sorry Miss Wendt - I just can't help but love the sound of rain when I'm stuck indoors! It isn't raining here yet though, maybe that'll come later.
I thought I'd share this link with you all:
https://www.wizardingworld.com/chapters/reading-the-boy-who-lived
The children in 5CB have been reading Harry Potter at the end of each day, when we're in school. Different actors from the Harry Potter movies (including Fantastic Beasts), and stage play, have been reading chapters of the first Harry Potter story and sharing them online! The link above is the person who plays Harry Potter, reading Harry Potter! Each week a new person reads the next chapter. Isn't that amazing?
Today's GVP continues with determiners. Well done to those children that emailed me their work yesterday.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=UXf4z9E
Today's science is all about the phases of the Moon, or the 'Lunar Cycle.' Where do you think the word Lunar comes from?
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=vAu5Koy
Enjoy!
Miss Brookes
Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:36am
Good morning everyone,
I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend! I spent a lot of time in the sun, in fact possibly a bit too much time! I also had some delicious food and lovely video chats with some of my friends.
Thanks again for all your wellebing challenge e-mails. It really cheers me up whenever I get one and see what you've all been up to!
Today's wellbeing challenge is actually Miss Bryce's idea so thanks Miss Bryce! It's a creative one and is to design your own superhero.
Who would they be?
What would they do?
What would they wear?
Have a think about what is important to you and then either draw, make or write about your superhero.
See the attached picture file for all the details and how it relates to Banksy.
Remember to e-mail EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk to show me pictures of your superheroes!
Past challenges
Some fantastic origami by all the pupils who gave it a go, well done!
Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:34am
Good Morning everyone!
I almost forgot to post our weekly reading challenge! So many of you took part last week with trying to read 3,500 words - I was very impressed!
This week, I want you to read 5,000 words. That's a 1,000 words a day! I also want you to write down any new words you come across, that you might not have seen before, or didn't know the definition of.
Don't forget to email them across at y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Good luck!
Miss Brookes
Date: 11th May 2020 @ 6:58am
Good morning Year 5!
I'm posting this bright and early today because I'm going to be going into school shortly, I'm very excited to see some of the children who are going in and have some lovely activities planned!
I hope you've had a lovely weekend - it felt like two different seasons from Saturday to Sunday didn't it! We had the paddling pool out on Saturday, and Livvi and Asaph spent the day in their swimsuits, then yesterday we went for a walk with hats, gloves and coats with a stop for a cup of hot chocolate from our flask!
It's Livvi's birthday on Thursday, so I've got lots to get ready to help celebrate her...it's strange having a birthday in lockdown, I wonder how those of you who have had your birthday these past few weeks have celebrated?
Remember to send us your learning this week to Y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk, we'd love to see!
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Mrs Hodges here!
The first Sentence of the Day for this week, here we go! First of all, I'd like you to have a final watch of the Tim Peake video we looked at last week (which seems like a long time ago in my head!) for one more sentence to do with that. Then we'll watch a new video tomorrow!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfxYBw2Sxo
Then here's our sentence:
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=sYaMYZk
Remember to check back later to see my corrected sentence!
Good afternoon everyone!
I've just got back after a day in school - it's so strange being there without all of you! How did you get on with today's sentence? Here's my purple pen for you to check your sentence against!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=0HaqLg0
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Good morning from Miss Wendt!
I don’t know about you but having Friday as a bank holiday really confused me! Guess what I did? I got up yesterday at 7am, had a shower and got ready to start some school jobs – completely forgetting it was Sunday, not Monday! It took me quite a while to realise it wasn’t time for school, I felt very confused all day!
I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the sunshine. I loved reading Miss Brookes’ celebration post about the amount of reading happening in Year 5. Well done to all those children who are reading daily and continuing to use the app. Keep your eyes peeled over the next few days for a Times Tables Rockstars Challenge!
Here is the fluent in five for today, I’ll be back later with the answers.
And here are the answers for today!
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Good Morning from Miss Brookes!
I have woken up this morning in a brilliant mood - and I have no idea why! Hopefully it will stay with me for the rest of the day (or even the week).
I had an interesting weekend, first we celebrated VE day with a social distancing street party. We all sat in our front gardens with tea and cake, and shouted to the neighbours over the road.
Here's a picture of my family joining in, and sitting in the front garden - we had to put the lead on Merlin because he decided to bark every time someone walked past our fence (he's never sat in the front garden before). It is a sorry excuse for cake - but we had no flour in, and that's all we could find in the cupboard!
Then Yesterday, my Mum and I made some candles out of beeswax! It was very tricky, but we got there in the end.
Now on to today's GVP.
For today and tomorrow, we're focussing on determiners. The reason for this, is that even though it is something you learn in year 4, I know plenty of children in my class at least will have forgotten what one is.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=bxLxhGS
Enjoy!
Date: 8th May 2020 @ 5:09pm
Good afternoon everyone! I hope you are having a fabulous bank holiday Friday.
Here are this week's Reading Plus Winners:
Most Lessons Completed: Dylan, Angelica and Alissia all tie with 6 books at 80% or above! Well done you three.
Most Words Read: Rhianna with 8,373 words!
I thought I would also include our reading challenge winners for the week, as I posted the outstanding learners post for my class yesterday!
This week, the challenge was to read 3,500 words.
The following children managed to reach this target:
Rhianna
Dylan
Angelica
Alissia
Denico
Sam
Aden
Well done everyone who took part!
Enjoy your weekend,
Miss Brookes
Date: 8th May 2020 @ 12:40pm
Hello everyone in 5HW!
Even though today is a bank holiday, we wanted to share our wonderful hard workers this week!
Once again it has been so good to hear from so many of you. Both myself and Mrs Hodges miss you all so much! We have had emails from lots of people this week, sending us amazing learning and new found hobbies!
The children that have demonstrated outstanding learning this week are:
Daniel Olajide
Ganesa
Yousef
Aden
Ini
Maddison
Lilly-Anne
Take a look at their fabulous work below! A big well done to Aden, who has completed ALL of his home learning pack, and is eagerly awaiting another!
Have a lovely long weekend everyone, make the most of the sunshine and enjoy a walk, bike ride or garden picnic!
Miss Wendt & Mrs Hodges 
Date: 7th May 2020 @ 3:30pm
Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you have had a fabulous Thursday so far.
Right at the beginning of lockdown, when we sent home our home-learning packs, we included a checklist of different activities. I've attached it as a reminder.
How well have you done on the checklist so far?
Have you managed to reach gold? Platinum?
Email us and let us know on y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Miss Brookes
Date: 7th May 2020 @ 10:25am
Good morning,
Yet another lovely sunny day! I'm looking forward to getting out in the sun later although I actually got a little bit sunburnt yesterday! Remeber that suncream!
Today's challenge is a creative one, I'd like you to try a bit of origami. Origami is the art of folding paper and while it can be a bit tricky, it's also quite a nice relaxing activity once you know what you're doing and you end up with something that looks amazing. You could even make a few things and use them to decorate your house!
What you need for all origami is a square of paper, either plain or patterned. If youre not sure how to turn a piece of paper into a square then have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPxi1dIWRws
Then you could take some time to decorate your paper if you like before you fold it.
Then this is a fairly simple one to get started, a butterfly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWjEYlMZnhE
Just follow each instruction carefully and the good thing about watching a video is that you can rewind it as much as you like! If you're not a fan of butterflies then feel free to have a look for something else on the Red Ted Art channel.
Here's my butterfly that I've just made. It's not perfect but it's the first time I've ever done it so I was quite impressed with myself!
As always I'd love to see pictures of what you've made or of any past challenges, e-mail EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk to send them or even just to let me know what kind of challenges you prefer so I can make sure I'm doing ones that people like :-)
Past challenges
Thanks to all the children who have sent me pictures, you've all been very busy which is great to see!
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Date: 7th May 2020 @ 8:58am
Good morning Year 5!
Another beautifully sunny day, I wonder if you'll go on a little walk or a bike ride today? Livvi and Asaph did some baking with Jon yesterday and made lemon shortbread, it was very tasty! Let us know what you get up to!
We've another few activities ready for you today, so check back on this blog post to make sure you don't miss anything!
Tomorrow we will all be having a day off to celebrate 'VE day.' It stands for 'Victory in Europe," and celebrates the end of the second world war in Europe. We've attached some extra VE activities for you all, that are entirely optional, if you want something to work on tomorrow. Miss Brookes' street is having a 'social distancing party.' They are all standing outside their houses for a 2 minute silence at 11am, and then sitting in their front garden to enjoy a coffee/tea and cake! Hopefully the weather stays sunny for it.
Don't forget to check your class blog later for the celebration post, and please continue to email us your heart photographs - each class has sent in 7 so far.
y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
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Mrs Hodges here!
The final Sentence of the Day of this week, click the link below:
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=YEjWo2i
Well done to Ganesa for another fantastically corrected Sentence of the Day that she emailed over earlier on! Click the link below to see my purple pen sentence!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=S8rkfhI
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Miss Wendt here!
Hello everyone, looks like it's going to be another lovely sunny day. Hopefully you will be able to get outside for some fresh air; the children who live next door to me have just got a new trampoline and paddling pool. I am very jealous, I might even see if I can order a paddling pool for me!
Here are today's fluent in five questions.
And here are the answers!
For Spanish today I want to recap on something we know quite well. Next week I am going to look at a new topic with you, but for today I want to consolidate our learning about food.
I think we all have quite a lot of food vocabulary, but in case you can't remember any (and that does happen!) I have attached a word mat to download and inserted the image below!
We are going to think about how we say our likes and dislikes today. We use the phrases:-
Me gusta - I like
No me gusta - I do not like
Me encanta - I love
So for example, if I wanted to say I love cheese (which is very true!) in Spanish, I would say me encanta queso!
I have attached a powerpoint with lots of examples, and a series on images below that will help.
Why not email the Year 5 team and tell us what you like and dislike? En Espanol por favor!
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Good Morning Year 5 from Miss Brookes!
I wonder if this is how Mrs Hodges feels? Knowing that today is the last working day of the week - it is a very strange feeling, but it must feel ordinary for Mrs Hodges!
Today's GVP is our recap of the week, plus a quiz to test your knowledge. Don't forget to check back at about 1pm for the answers, and if you want me to mark any, please feel free to email them across at y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=Oi8QR1c
So here are the answers (I completely forgot about this part!)
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=iwC3ZbM
Enjoy!
Date: 6th May 2020 @ 10:43am
Good morning,
Another sunny day! First all of all I want to thank everyone who has sent in pictures of them doing my wellbeing challenges, it's fantastic to see and hear about how you're enjoying doing them! Have a look at the Past Challenges bit at the bottom to see some photos.
Today's challenge is another one to get you moving and do a mini workout. Sometimes it can seem a bit scary or time consuming to do a whole workout so these mini workouts are perfect if you want a quick break from doing school work or even from just watching TV if you fancy a stretch! All of these little energisers from Go Noodle are between 2 - 4 minutes long so perfect for something to wake you up in the morning or as a break from whatever you are doing.
Here are a few that I like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4DnPhR9_mo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KReaoKLA-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALrdpsWYoJs
Or just go to YouTube and type in Fresh Start Fitness to see a variety of mini workouts.
Remember to email EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk with any photos of you doing any of the challenges.
Have a lovely day!
Mrs Glover
Past Challenges
So many fantastic photos of what you've all been up to, well done!
Date: 6th May 2020 @ 8:44am
Good morning Year 5!
I think we've got a couple of lovely, warm days with us today and tomorrow, hooray! I managed to weed the garden over the weekend, and I'm very pleased with how tidy it's looking, so I'm excited to be outside for a bit later today. I think Asaph is keen to put up a mini tent we have and use it as a den!
We'd love to see what you've been up to - remember to show us by emailing us at Y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Don't forget to send in your heart photos
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Hello! Mrs Hodges here.
Two activities from me today - firstly, the Sentence of the Day.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=SBGz0oi
There's not many corrections in today's sentence because I'd like you to focus on adding in parenthesis where you think it would be most helpful (clue: remember parenthesis can be used to explain the meaning of a technical or scientific word...if you're not sure what any of the words in the sentence mean, go back and rewatch Tim Peake's YouTube video I posted on the Monday blog!)
The second activity is a Writing/Vocabulary activity. I've attached a Pobble document called, "Fairytale Ending" - I'd like you to look at two little activities from it. Firstly, have a look at the "Question Time" section and have a go at answering them to help you think about the image you can see. You could write your thoughts down or talk about it with a brother or sister, or your grown up.
Then I'd like you to focus on the "Sentence Challenge" part.
I walked across the field towards the door.
Consider other verbs for "walk" - how does changing this verb impact the picture the reader would have about the character and how they're feeling about approaching the house? To get you started, here are some other verbs you could use:
crept, sauntered, bounded, sprinted, wandered, strolled
Do you know the meaning of these verbs? Can you act them out to show how you would move? Are there other verbs you could use instead?
Practise writing 3 or 4 sentences where you change the verb each time, and think about how this impacts the meaning of the sentence. Which one do you think is most effective?
I'm looking forward to seeing your sentences!
Good afternoon Year 5!
How have you got on with today's activities? Click the link below to check your corrected Sentence of the Day with my purple pen!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=hdHwaoq
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Miss Wendt here!
Good morning everyone, hope you are all well and looking forward to a very sunny Wednesday. I was writing your reports in the garden yesterday. It was a chance to look back and think of all the fun things we do in Y5, and how much progress you have all made this year. I think in 10 years time we'll all still be talking about the events in 2020!
Answers from yesterday!
Have a look at the different ways I have chosen to partition 0.62. This question is a find all possibilities, there were many! Remember to email your answers.
Here is the fluent in five for today!
I'll be back later with the answers
...and here they are! How did you do today?
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Good morning from Miss Brookes!
Thank you for all your emails yesterday - they always put a huge smile on my face! I hope you're enjoying the nicer weather this week (sorry about last weeks rain!)
Today's GVP is all focussed on relative pronouns - how many can you remember? We look at 6 key ones today.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=coAnV4q
Enjoy your Wednesday!
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 10:20am
Good morning everyone,
I don't know about you but I can't wait to get out in that sun so today's challenge is one that can be done outside if you like.
Today we are focusing on having a growth mindset and doing this through yoga. Having a growth mindset means you have a positive attitude to your learning and know that just because you may find something difficult and you can't do it yet, you will get there as long as you don't give up!
Here are 5 different growth mindset yoga poses to try. Please feel free to try as many or as few positions as you like and send any pictures to EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thank you so much to the pupils who have sent in pictures of their shields of strength from yesterday, it really makes my day to see what you've ben doing!
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 8:51am
Good morning Year 5!
I hope you're all well and ready for this new day! We're ready for PE with Joe (we've done it every day!), and I know those few children going into school are doing some Yoga. What will you do today to get your body moving?
We'd love to see the learning you get up to today, remember to email it over to us!
Y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
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Hello from Mrs Hodges!
Here we go with today's Sentence of the Day!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=EreTpqa
Remember to check your sentence later using the purple pen video I'll post this afternoon!
Good afternoon! (well, nearly evening!)
Oh dear, I'm very late in posting my corrected Sentence of the Day today - I've been out for a walk with Asaph while Livvi had a Zoom dance lesson. We were finding some rocks and pebbles for an activity that I'm wondering about doing when I go into school on Monday! Anyway, do not fear Year 5, here is the purple pen sentence!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=wlzJ64O
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Hello from Miss Wendt!
Well I didn't start my day doing PE with Joe but I am doing some daily yoga though. It's very gentle and good for stretching the sore muscles in my ankle and leg. I did have an accident the other day - I was stood on the stairs and I had to lean forward, putting pressure on my arms. Well I wasn't really paying much attention and ended up falling and headbutting the stairs! Ouch!
I have 2 challenges for you today - one is the usual fluent in five and the other is a fraction problem. I'll be back with the answers later.
Fluent in five answers!
I will post the answers to the fraction & decimal challenge tomorrow morning - you still have time to email your responses!
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Good Morning Year 5! From Miss Brookes
I didn't start off the day with P.E either, instead I was feeding my guinea pig (Cinders) with a syringe because she had a tiny operation yesterday to get her teeth shaved (apparently they were rubbing on her tongue and stopping her from eating)! It was quite funny when we brought her home, because she was stumbling and wobbling all over the show from the anesthetic!
Today there are two bits of learning from me. Firstly, GVP.
Thank you so much for the GVP sentences you emailed in yesterday - Jennifer's made me laugh and feel very nostologic!
It said 'I was clearly not allowed to say an-I-oop, an-I-oop, an-I-oop in the classroom.' 5CB know how much these tiktok trends annoy me in the classroom! Though I have a secret to share, since we have been off school...I have found myself making tiktoks myself! The horror!
Today's GVP is all about Homophones:
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=Ryfa90i
I hope you enjoy completing the homophone board game!
For science, we are focussing on the Moon. Next week we will be looking at moon phases, but today we are exploring how the Moon was formed.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=0WrDy4m
I've also attached a video of the Moon landing!
Enjoy
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 11:24am
Good morning everyone,
I hope you all had a good weekend and are ready to work hard on your learning (and your wellbeing!) this week.
Today's challenge has actually come from a website that Mrs Hughes sent to me to look at so thank you Mrs Hughes!
Today I would like you to think about resilience which means keeping strong and bouncing back even in a difficult situation. I'd like you to design a Shield of Strength.
Think about what your strengths are, especially the ones that can help you at the moment while we're not in school, and write or draw (or both!) onto a shield. Here is my shield that you may want to use for help: 
I have attached a template of the shield in case you want to use it but otherwise you can just fraw a shield on a plain piece of paper.
As always I would love to see your challenges so please send them to EALhomelearning@ravensbury.sch.uk
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thank you to Shawnakaye who has sent me a couple of photos of things that make her smile!
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 9:48am
Good morning everyone!
Last week's reading challenge was to read 5 books on reading plus! Since we have been off school, there has only been around 11 children at most, per a week, on reading plus. Last week, even more of you took part! I'm excited to say that 21 of you accesssed Reading Plus last week! That's nearly double the amount of the week before. Well done everyone.
This week, we are focussing on the number of words you read, rather than the amount of books.
Can you read more than 3,500 words this week?
Good luck!
Miss Brookes
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 8:47am
Good morning Year 5!
May the 4th be with you everyone! (groan...that's Asaph's - who loves Star Wars - FAVOURITE joke, and today is the day he can actually say it!!)
We hope you had a lovely weekend, it looks like the sunshine is returning this week, hooray! Perhaps you'll be able to go on a short walk, bike ride or have time outside in your yard or garden this week. Fresh air is always fantastic for our minds and bodies, especially at this time we find ourselves in!
Are you ready for this new week of learning? We can't wait to see what you get up to, remember to email us on Y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk to show us!
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Mrs Hodges here!
Right, before the first Sentence of the Day for this week, I'd like you to have a watch of this amazing video from Tim Peake - a British astronaut who spent 185 days on the International Space Station in 2015-2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfxYBw2Sxo
Isn't it amazing how differently water behaves without gravity! I just love watching it!
So, for today's sentence - click the link below, and remember to check back for my purple pen video later on this afternoon!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=kmBuV8a
Good afternoon!
How did you get on with today's sentence Year 5? Click the link below to see my purple pen corrections!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=E3580aO
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Hello from Miss Wendt!
I did laugh at Asaph's favourite joke! I do quite like Star Wars...I'm not a big fan, but I like the special effects in the films and I must admit, I do have some Stormtrooper pyjama bottoms!
Thank you to the children who emailed over the weekend with their work. Wow, hard work at all times from Year 5! Well done Yousef and Ganesa, I will share your work on Friday!
Here are today's fluent in five questions! I will catch up with the answers and another challenge later!
And here are the answers! Thanks to Ganesa who has sent in her work today!
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Good Morning from Miss Brookes!
Wow, it didn't take long for a 'May the 4th' joke to appear! Much to my Dads horror (who loves the Star Wars films), I have never managed to see a whole movie. I've seen bits and pieces of them...but whenever my Dad puts them on at home, I fall asleep during it, every time! Oops.
Today's GVP is continuining from Thursdays lesson on Adverbs of Possibility. Thank you to the children who completed the least certain-most certain scale. Can you beat your high score of how many Adverbs of Possiblity you can remember in 30 seconds? Don't forget to email us your score - Jessica won on Thursday's lesson (well done, Jess!)
I'm looking out for who can make the silliest, or funniest of sentences today - so don't forget to email them along!
Here is today's video:
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=XJ2TzWq
Here is a dice for you to use if you don't have one: https://nrich.maths.org/6717
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 4:16pm
What a wonderful week of work from 5HW! We have had SO many emails this week, all celebrating learning and showing off different skills!
We love receiving your emails, it makes us so proud to see your motivation and dedication to work even when you can't be in school.
Our outstanding learners this week are:-
Ganesa, Rhianna, Kyro, Mert Deniz, Yoel, Ini and Aden
Have a look below to see what they have been doing!
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 3:20pm
Good Afternoon Year 5!
Even more of you went on Reading Plus this week - well done! Mrs Hodges, Miss Wendt and myself are so proud of you all. This weeks winners are:
Most Lessons Completed: Denico (at 10 books! Well done)
Most Words Read: Sam (6,675 words!)
Both 5HW and 5CB now have 5 wins! Who will take over next week?
Don't forget to check your individual class blogs, where we will announce who has successfully completed this weeks reading challenge.
Well done everyone,
Miss Brookes
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 10:19am
Hi everyone and Happy Friday! I can't believe it's already the end of another week. I hope everyone is working hard and staying safe.
I got the idea for today's wellbeing challenge yesterday when I saw the most amazing rainbow in the sky. It was the brightest colours I've ever seen and I could see the whole arc. There was even a faint second rainbow next to it!
Photos don't really show how amazing it was but you can see how vivid the colours are:
The rainbow made me feel happy when I saw it and I thought it might make other people happy too! So today's challenge is to take a photo of something that makes you feel happy. You could find something in your house or do it on a walk. It could be a person, an animal, an object or even something that you've made. Anything that makes you feel happy or positive. If you don't have a camera, phone or tablet of your own then ask an adult if you can borrow theirs but please be careful with it!
If you'd like to share your happy photo then please e-mail it to EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk, I'd love to see it and then I can post some of them and spread the happiness around!
Have a good weekend,
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
Thanks to A who sent a photo of himself doing the breathing exercises I set yesterday, I hope they helped you feel nice and calm.
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 8:34am
Happy Friday Year 5!
We're finally into May - which is a month I always look forward to - it's mine and Livvi's birthdays this month! (not for a couple of weeks yet, but I'm already planning Liv's birthday cake!)
We'd love to see what learning you get up to at home today, and remember to check back onto your class blog pages later to celebrate the fantastic work you've been doing this week!
So far both classes have 7 heart photographs! Let's keep that number rising everyone.
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Good morning from Mrs Hodges!
The final Sentence of the Day for this week is based on a different YouTube video. I'd like you to have a watch of "Dessert in Space" - I think the chocolate pudding looks pretty good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwv6Hcn-0HY
Then here's today's sentence - check back later to see my purple pen!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=zAZ8iky
Good afternoon everyone!
Here's the final corrected sentence for this week!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=JOclrIe
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Hi from Miss Wendt!
I can't believe it is May already! Even with our very different circumstances at the moment, I feel the year is flying. This week in particular has gone very quick. I think what I've enjoyed the most is the number of children who are emailing the Y5 team - we have heard from lots of people this week, keep it up!
Here is the fluent in five for today:
Abass in 5HW made a request yesterday for some websites to visit for online learning (the kind of activities we sometimes use in class). I promised I would post the links today -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Maths answers for today!
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Good morning from Miss Brookes!
It's May at last! This year seems to have gone very quickly, despite being stuck at home. Can you believe that we've been off school for the whole of April? It's such a strange feeling.
Yesterday we had children email us with a photograph of the work from the home learning pack that they were struggling with. That was a great way to reacting to the problem - if you come across any work that you find tricky, email us and let us know what work it is, and then one of us will reply with some advice, or maybe even create a 'showme' video explaining it to you - I did one for Ivory yesterday when she came across a maths problem that was challenging. The same goes for parents - we're happy to answer any questions you have about your child's learning. Email away! Y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Now, onto today's GVP. Today's lesson is a recap of Monday-Wednesday (we're continuing with adverbs of possibility next week, so I haven't included it today). Can you remember the three key themes?
Please email us with the area you found the most challenging over these last two weeks, so we can focus on it next week.
Here's today show me video:
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=qPsPQ8m
And here are the answers:
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 10:01am
Good morning everyone,
I hope everyone enjoyed some relaxing colouring yesterday, here is a picture of mine. It isn't quite finished yet but I had a nice relaxing hour doing it last night:
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Today's challenge is to do a mindfulness breathing activity. Mindfulness can help you relax and be in the moment, appreciating everything that's around you.
Just one breath
Find a relaxing place where you won't be disturbed. Sit in a comfortable position, either with your legs crossed or any comfortable posture. This activity can be done in as little as one minute, but you can also do it for longer periods of time.
Begin by setting a timer for one minute.
Start breathing deeply in and out. Notice how the breath feels as it moves in and out of your body. Notice how the air feels on your skin. Pay attention to any sensations that you notice or any sounds that you hear.
Take another slow deep breath and see if you can imagine how the breath moves down into the lungs and then back up again. Thank your body and breath for giving you life and keeping you healthy.
Take one more deep breath and hold the breath for a moment - then release it.
If any thoughts worry you, try and imagine your thoughts immersed in a white, puffy cloud and push the thought cloud out of your awareness.
Afterward, notice how you feel after taking this one-minute break.
If you want to tell me about your experience or send any photos of yourself doing the activity then e-mail me on EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk.
There are more simple instructions below.
Mrs Glover
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 8:53am
Good morning everyone!
It's the last day of April - I don't know about you, but it feels like it's been a very long month!
I'm sure you'll be pleased to know that Livvi has finally finished her story (that she started over a week ago!), she's very pleased with it and titled it, "The Curse of Bastet". Asaph did some writing yesterday too - his teacher wanted him to continue the story of "Dinosaurs in my School" and think about two more places in school that the dinosaurs could ruin. He chose the playground and the toilets...and found it ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS that he drew a poo and wee in the toilet that the dinosaurs didn't flush away. He also needs to "have a stretch" after literally every word he writes. That's 6 year olds for you I guess! I'm definitely missing working with you wonderful Year 5 writers!
Anyway, let's move on from that...Miss Wendt, Miss Brookes and I are so enjoying see the learning you're emailing across, keep it up Year 5!
y5homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
5HW are currently winning with 7 heart photos! 5CB have 6. Which class will win?
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Hello from Mrs Hodges!
A Sentence of the Day from me today - click the link below!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=co73Asi
Remember to check back later to see my purple pen video!
Hello everyone!
How did you get on with today's sentence? Click the link below to see my corrected sentence!
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=2cmhhWi
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Hello from Miss Wendt!
Mrs Hodges, I was laughing so much at Asaph's "Dinosaurs in my School" story!
Sadly I don't have anything featuring dinosaurs, poo and wee - but I do have some maths! Have a look at today's fluent in 5 task.
*hint* remember our learning on square and cube numbers!
I've also included another challenge today, recapping on our fractions work which we completed at the start of the year. Who thinks they can email the correct response?
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I will update with the answers later!
For our Spanish learning today, I have chosen a favourite song of 5HW's! The song is called Tengo Hambre which means I'm Hungry!
Have a look at the video below and try to write as many food words as you can. I promise you will be singing the song for days!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu5gm6LgCzo
Maths Answers!
Did anyone get the answer to the fractions question? The answer is...they were all correct! Whitney was counting in improper fractions, Eva in mixed fractions and Teddy counted using some equivalent fractions.
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Good morning everyone! From Miss Brookes
My internet wasn't being cooperative this morning, so it took me a little longer than I would have liked to get this post up. It's working now, and hopefully it will work for the rest of the day.
I think Mrs Hodges will have to bring those two stories to school when we go back - I'm intrigued, especially by Livvi's effort and committment (and of course, Asaph's humour)!
I recorded today's GVP video yesterday evening, and I was all snuggled up with a blanket and a cup of tea - my ideal evening! Thank you to all of the children that have emailed their word mats for yesterdays learning - keep them coming!
Today's focus is all about adverbs of possiblity, and it will continue into Monday's lesson as well.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=wJOX6Q4
Here's a reminder of the adverbs of possibility we used, to help you with your work:
certainly, definitely, maybe, possibly, surely, clearly, obviously, perhaps, probably, undoubtedly.
How many did you remember in 30 seconds?
Enjoy your Thursday!